Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Davy's gone Bananas

So I think I will count this as Davy's first time eating. I wanted to counteract the snack packs and dum dums with organic bananas, pureed fresh. Davy has been doing better then expected with her food. It's all about quality and not quantity with her. The one bummer about solids is when she throws it up. Goo, I am predicting a lot of stained clothes in our future.

As you can see Davy happily accepts her bananas.

We feed her using a J. We press the spoon on her tongue and then lift up(like a J.)

She is still a little weirded out. Not quite sure what to do with it. I am sure vanilla pudding was

more tasty.

Wait.....wait. What's this? I think she likes it.

Yep, she likes it!

Now she just needs to stop smiling and swallow it.

There she goes. This is how Davy swallows. Like a little birdie. Mouth open, tongue out. Gulp gulp gulp.

I am in love with her! The last picture of her smiling and the one of her swallowing killed me! I seriously laughed out in joy (I sound like a cheeseball, I do realize this.), and I am so SUPER jealous of her thick hair! My girls are so bald and fine haired, she's such a beauty!

I loved this post...made me smile from ear to ear! Feeding is no fun, but she seems to think it's pretty cool. XOXOPS the newborn pic of Davy on the post below is absolutely adorable. She had such a sweet, round, chubby face.

Davy's medical History

I am "the mom" to 3 boys and a little girl. Through taking a microarray test, we found out that my Davy girl has a rare chromosome deletion. I have written this out in hopes to find others who have any similiar conditions.

Davy has a microdeletion of 1p31.1-1p31.3. She has panhypopituitarism, a cleft lip and palate, Congenital heart defects(asd, vsd, pda and had a CoArc). She had a surgery for malrotation of the intestines, and a g-tube put in to feed her. She has GERD with esophagitis dysphagia. She is on multiple medictions that need to be given round the clock. Three of those she will need for the rest of her life. To read about her journey start here.